And one main reason is that Americans are hurting in their pocketbooks as well as their souls:
"Closest to home is the economy. Wages are stagnant, house prices in most areas have stalled or are falling, the dollar is plunging, and the deficit is rising. A Pew survey last week showed that 72% believe the economy is either "only fair" or poor and 76% believe it will be the same or worse a year from now. Globalization is a major worry..."
Corporate-friendly Fox Business is not speaking to this sense of despair as real populists would, and perhaps like Ron Paul and some of the Democratic challengers, are. And by the way, the rich high CPM (Cost per thousand) viewers at CNBC are also on the defensive, nervous, worried, scared, and maybe even panicked.
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